All activity by livelarge413 - masslive.comlivelarge413-feed2015-03-04T00:11:06ZMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advanceComment on Springfield sidewalk collapses beneath forklift, injuring drivertag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.210645142012-07-03T18:06:54Z2012-07-03T18:06:54ZThey are so close to the curb, seems like that is how they would have attempted it in the first place. Good intentions, not enough homework prior to doing the job.livelarge413Comment on Proposed Springfield trash fee increases fail to win City Council supporttag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.209555392012-06-19T16:42:19Z2012-06-19T16:42:19ZI can't believe the mayor is even treating this as a big budget issue - the money raised isn't event 1/10th of 1% of the overall budget - whether it passes or fails; there are big decisions to be made;livelarge413Comment on Proposed $551.8 million Springfield budget is 'bare bones,' department heads tell City Counciltag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.209220722012-06-15T17:54:40Z2012-06-15T17:54:40ZQuinn bill funding is about $4 million according to an article I Googled.livelarge413Comment on Proposed $551.8 million Springfield budget is 'bare bones,' department heads tell City Counciltag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.209216812012-06-15T17:24:33Z2012-06-15T17:24:33ZThen let it be bare bones!! The nerve of these idiots. Some fo these departments dont' even need full-time directors, they can be merged, hours can be more amenable to citizens. Layoffs happen, it's a part of life, this joblivelarge413Comment on Ware teachers oppose selectmen's plan to increase health insurance paymentstag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.209126472012-06-14T20:10:09Z2012-06-14T20:10:09ZUnfortunately, the concept of free or next to free healthcare for life is gone or eroding. It's just a fact that almost everyone working now has to face. Moving to the state plan might cost more b/c they do notlivelarge413Comment on Sen. Scott Brown fights for war veteran allegedly denied housing by 'peace activist' landlord in Dorchestertag:www.masslive.com,2015:/politics/index.ssf//2591.208351012012-06-07T15:49:44Z2012-06-07T15:49:44ZSounds like he might have had an MCAD complaint, but it's hard to say if even that would be valid b/c you don't know what led up to her comment. You'd need to put it in full context, but really,livelarge413Comment on Billerica superintendent Charles Lyons defends comments about 'brown' kids at Dean Technical High School in Holyoke tag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.208255212012-06-06T19:28:11Z2012-06-06T19:28:11ZYour reply shows a complete lack of understanding of the school review process. He doesn't work for DESE and he's probably not a paid consultant. They do the same thing for charter school visits and other school improvement activities. Theylivelarge413Comment on Billerica superintendent Charles Lyons defends comments about 'brown' kids at Dean Technical High School in Holyoke tag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.208240692012-06-06T17:40:37Z2012-06-06T17:40:37ZThey are overreacting and should be as quick to react to what is really going on in their schools. The city is not 96% hispanic, so the fact that a single school is is mentionable when one is on alivelarge413Comment on Social media in schools: Should teachers and students be Facebook friends?tag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.207973692012-06-04T13:03:57Z2012-06-04T13:03:57ZTeachers or other school staff should have a seperate FB account for students and even co-workers and the page should be open. No need to post pictures or put up personal information, you cannot rely on FB privacy settings forlivelarge413Comment on Springfield poodle with taste for trouble attacks pitbull; its owner, 42-year-old Luis Velez, arrested after alleged knife assaulttag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.207389682012-05-29T17:28:54Z2012-05-29T17:28:54ZNot a fan of teens walking pits, no matter how gentle the owners claim they are, but if the pit was walking past the poodle's yard, I can totally see the poodle acting up. How that poodle is still alivelivelarge413Comment on NY senator asks airlines to drop seat fee for kids tag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.207241822012-05-27T15:32:41Z2012-05-27T15:32:41ZIf I don't book early and can't get assigned seating together, I'll gladly pay to be with my child or I'll make other arrangements.livelarge413Comment on Springfield schools superintendent finalists Jesus Jara, Daniel Warwick cite their work history, local tiestag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.207179702012-05-26T15:30:51Z2012-05-26T15:30:51Z36 years in the same district? He'll bring nothing to the position.livelarge413Comment on Birchland Park Middle School teacher Barbara Galanek, accused of assaulting a student, denies charges at arraignmenttag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.206707182012-05-22T19:23:27Z2012-05-22T19:23:27ZSounds like she's already getting off easy if she's only charged with Assault and not Assault & Battery.livelarge413Comment on Viewpoint: Sabis deserves second school in Springfield tag:www.masslive.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf//4396.206452812012-05-20T23:34:15Z2012-05-20T23:34:15ZUnfortunately, charters are not passed out on the merits of existing schools but based on how the prospectus addresses the charter application questions. I'm a huge fan of charter schools, but not crazy about the mentality that a particular entitylivelarge413Comment on Cost of Hampshire College rooftop rescue: $550 (+ aggravation)tag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.206076942012-05-17T15:48:08Z2012-05-17T15:48:08ZSeems like they should be billing the school and not the individual students - let the school get their money back from the kids; and what is the $550 for and where is it going? Even aggravating calls are partlivelarge413Comment on Editorial: Putnam Vocational Technical Academy must train future workerstag:www.masslive.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf//4396.204331822012-05-04T12:41:01Z2012-05-04T12:41:01ZOops, that should be "aren't learning their trades"livelarge413Comment on Editorial: Putnam Vocational Technical Academy must train future workerstag:www.masslive.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf//4396.204331702012-05-04T12:39:53Z2012-05-04T12:39:53ZI hope the Putnam staff and administration get it together, the school has lots of challenges ahead of it and issues to correct. What good is rising MCAS scores if the kids are learning their trades properly and can't getlivelarge413Comment on Study: Springfield students arrested at much higher rate than in Boston, Worcestertag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.204034092012-05-02T14:07:00Z2012-05-02T14:07:00ZInstead of saying folks need to spend a day in a Springfield alternative school, maybe some Springfield teachers and staff need to spend some time in schools in other cities to see how they handle matters without police involvement.livelarge413Comment on Westfield considers creation of revolving accounts to aid Fire Department and Vocational-Technical High Schooltag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.204022172012-05-02T12:59:25Z2012-05-02T12:59:25ZVocational schools need so much attention and the dollars are minimal investments for the return. Westfield has the right idea and their priorities straight.livelarge413Comment on Utica First Insurance Co. balks at paying claims in fatal Christmas Day fire in Connecticut tag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.203363232012-04-27T19:18:38Z2012-04-27T19:18:38ZIf the contractor lied then the insurer shoudln't have to pay for their mistakes; generally the firm has to answer a questionairre and submitt documents such as 940s, employee quarterly earning reports, tax returns to show the true nature oflivelarge413Comment on Springfield superintendent vacancy draws 12 applicants so far tag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.202957712012-04-25T15:36:30Z2012-04-25T15:36:30ZPeople kill me thinking that colleges can really fix/address issues in actual school districts. Mostof those folks have never taught, never ran a school - they study issues, not fix them. Springfield needs to take a lead from Boston andlivelarge413Comment on 3 Massachusetts hospitals cited for denial of ER care tag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.202667532012-04-23T20:23:14Z2012-04-23T20:23:14ZUrgent care and/or walk-in sites aren't covered by a lot of insurance plans so not everyone can utilize them and must go to their PCP or ER. Some folks don't know that you can go to your PCP without anlivelarge413Comment on Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno, City Councilor Timothy Rooke clash on health insurance optionstag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.202028442012-04-19T00:09:34Z2012-04-19T00:09:34ZThe GIC is more expensive if you have a large number of enrollees who are single parents or 2-adult households. They are forced to take an expensive family plan where most private companies' offer an in-between rate for an adultlivelarge413Comment on Heriberto Flores, Rev. Talbert Swan among those appointed to 13-member Springfield school superintendent search committeetag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.201256602012-04-13T16:04:01Z2012-04-13T16:04:01ZI'd consider 2 Principals and 2 Teachers in the group of "educators." As for University/College folks, most of them have never taught a day in their lives, much less ran a school system. They graduate, get a doctorate and sitlivelarge413Comment on Holyoke Dean Tech Futures Advisory Committee gets turnaround tips from Harvard University's William Symondstag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.200881652012-04-11T12:38:37Z2012-04-11T12:38:37ZIt won't turn around over night; opportunities abound for kids to get mentoring, field experiences, they can even take college classes at HCC and STCC; the problem is they need to have decent grades, clean discipline and strong attendance. THoselivelarge413Comment on Chicopee payroll: What do city officials make?tag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.200827732012-04-10T23:14:48Z2012-04-10T23:14:48ZIt would really be 180 teaching days out of 255 days and then there's the week or so of PD before school starts so it's not less than half.livelarge413Comment on Springfield warns layoffs possible in June, blaming budget hardshipstag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.200423322012-04-07T13:39:12Z2012-04-07T13:39:12ZHe seems to want to keep people working just for the sake of giving them a job. If the money isn't there you have to cut back, plain and simple. They could cut their payroll processing costs in half justlivelarge413Comment on Longmeadow police charge Desiree Ferreira in connection with bank robbery, arrest warrant issued for brother of Holyoke Mayor Alex Morsetag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.200004082012-04-04T14:40:01Z2012-04-04T14:40:01ZI was wondering the same thing, but you never know what kind of stupid question he was asked that led to that response. Maybe he was asked a question about the brother/Mayor??? Or maybe he's an idiot.livelarge413Comment on Easter Bunny arrives by ambulance and toddlers get knocked over during Easthampton egg hunt tag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.199645572012-04-02T00:41:11Z2012-04-02T00:41:11ZMaybe it should be better organized instead of canceled. Times have changed and you can't keep doing things the same way. Why would you have tots and pre-teens all mixed together???livelarge413Comment on Holyoke searching for new director of planning and economic development, at up to $78,000 a yeartag:www.masslive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf//865.196980802012-03-14T17:18:26Z2012-03-14T17:18:26ZMust be nice to get your job postings to run for free on MassLive.livelarge413